cesareeborgia: favourite historical moments → The Pazzi ConspiracyOn 26 April 1478, the Pazzi Conspi
cesareeborgia: favourite historical moments → The Pazzi ConspiracyOn 26 April 1478, the Pazzi Conspiracy was a plot by members of the Pazzi family and others to displace the Medici family as rulers of Florence. Lorenzo de’Medici was wounded but survived; Giuliano was killed after receiving a fatal sword wound to the head and being stabbed 19 times. Francesco de’ Pazzi, Jacopo de’ Pazzi, and several other conspirators, were hanged from the windows of the Palazzo della Signoria. -- source link